This is definitely not a good idea. The slides can be squeezed. It is not the weight of the slides ripping on the main tube & the saolders, it is the weight of the valves casings & the rotors. If removing the slides, wrap them in airbubblesheet & place them at a safe place within the horn case, perhaps the place left empty now (where the slides were in place). The bump is not square or diagonal, it is rather a vertical bump, either from top of the horn or from the first valve down.
============================================================ ============================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herbert Foster Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 12:49 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] overseas transport IMPORTANT I should think that removing the valve slides would help. You could wrap them and put them with your clothes. While the slides are not as heavy as the valves, they hang out there a distance from the braces and would put a big load on them during a bump. Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/30/2007 1:50:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > Hello, more important than all the outside packing is it, to prevent > the heavier valve section to rip off the body of the horn. To do so, > you place a 4 x 2" piece of 0,5" thick moss rubber or other semi-hard > & semi-soft piece between lower side of the valve section & the tuning > slide on the back of the horn, some other wrapping material (airbubble > sheet = usual packing mterial for fragile things) where you can > squeeze it between horn & case inside & on top of the horn & the sides > of the bell. > > -- > Hans's advice is invaluable. You must suspend the valve section. > Then prevent other moving around and bumping into things or the case. > Make sure the latches cannot come undone easily, and wrap it with a > luggage strap. > .. ____________________________________________________________ ________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
